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Network File System (NFS) was created by Sun Microsystems to share resources over networks. It is similar to SAMBA shares that are popular on Windows, Mac and Linux systems for their convenience. NFS shares are usually more popular on Linux systems, they may use less CPU overhead than SAMBA shared … I'm curious
OpenMediaVault is an excellent NAS software solution. It sports a beautiful web interface to manage all of your services, hard drives, users and more. There is a great plugin system which allows you to install software for usenet, torrent and media management. The Banana Pi has a Plex Media Server … I'm curious
My previous unRAR and PAR2 benchmarks only included ARM devices. Somebody on reddit requested additional data comparing the devices to more modern and powerful hardware. I have added an old 32-bit machine and a relatively modern 64-bit machine to the tests. Hopefully these tests help you decide if switching to … I'm curious
If you haven't heard of the Banana Pi see some benchmarks first. You may have heard you can connect multiple SATA hard drives to your Banana Pi or other ARMv7 device. That currently requires a kernel rebuild for the Allwinner A20 chipset if you are using Bananian so it … I'm curious
Plex Media Server, the beloved DLNA software for home media servers is finally on the Banana Pi without a chroot. There was a guide referenced which showed you how to install the Plex Media Server package from the Drobo NAS Server in a chroot jail on the Banana Pi. … I'm curious
Many users transfer media around their home using SAMBA shares or FTP. Data can be transferred from USB or SATA hard drives with file systems ext4, NTFS and exFAT. ext4 is a native Linux file system, whereas NTFS and exFAT are Microsoft file systems. Since NTFS and exFAT are foreign … I'm curious
Downloading from usenet almost always require some post-processing. Repairing missing articles using PAR2 files requires a lot of CPU power while unpacking files requires a fast I/O system – think SATA being faster than USB in terms of input and output. I discussed this at great length with NZBGet's developer … I'm curious